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Ukraine has already received around 615,000 of packs of Tamiflu, an antiviral drug for treating flu, Ukraine's chief health and sanitary officer Oleksandr Bilovol said at a press conference on Nov. 19.

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Ivano-Frankivsk, November 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The leadership of Ivano-Frankivsk region has decided to buy over 100,000 doses of flu vaccine in 2010, the region's chief sanitary officer, Mykhailo Yavorsky, said at a meeting of a special anti-epidemic commission under the regional administration on Nov. 19.

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The infection rate of A/H1N1 flu in Ukraine is lower than in seven other countries where high flu rates were registered - Norway, Sweden, Bulgaria, Moldova, Iceland, Ireland and Russia - the European department of the World Health Organization has reported.

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GENEVA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A small number of people have died after being inoculated against H1N1 pandemic flu, but investigations have shown that the deaths are not due to the vaccines, a senior official at the World Health Organisation said on Nov. 19.

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LONDON (AP) — Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms — have failed to contain the disease.

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Are the Black Sea Cruises a good alternative to the fast but expensive plane travel? Yes, it is. First of all it is a lot of fun. Find out about the Ukrainian Black Sea ferries available during 2006

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Moscow, November 18 (Interfax) - The number of Russians worrying about contracting the A(H1N1) flu virus commonly known also as swine flu grew to 70% in November from 57% in September, while the number of those whose fears about this are great has nearly doubled to 27% from 14%, the VTsIOM public opinion center reported based on a poll conducted in 140 communities in 42 regions of Russia on Nov. 14-15.

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Greek fans who bought 1,000 tickets for the second leg of the 2010 World Cup play-off between Ukraine and Greece have refused to travel to Donetsk due to the flu outbreak in Ukraine, Director General of CJSC Ukraine Football International Oleh Shkreba has told the Ukrainian service of Deutsche Welle.

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Ukrainian authorities hide the true information about swine flu in the country. Number of registered flu and ARVI accidents grew up in 2.5 times – Tymoshenko said. But it is not the real situation. Real number of victims is much higher. Doctors say, that more than 1000 people has already died of flu in Ukraine. Some hours ago the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has informed, that the number of registered flu and ARVI cases in Ukraine in Nov. 8-10 has grown up again more than in 2.5 times. Experts suppose about more than 2 million flu diseased. Read the story here.

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Ivano-Frankivsk, November 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The number of passengers using public transport in Ivano-Frankivsk has fallen by 70% due to the epidemic of flu and acute respiratory viral infections, Chairman of the Association of City Transporters Volodymyr Sokhan has said.

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Kyiv, November 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine's Deputy Chief Sanitary Doctor Liudmyla Mukharska has forecast that a second wave of the A/H1N1 flu in the country could come in December 2009 or January 2010, while a third one could be seen in next autumn.

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Ukrainian music is the Ukrainians' blood and soul. Vast majority of songs is quiet, very melodic, and easily recognizable by its somewhat melancholy tone. You can listen to them right now.

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Ukraine People. More than 7 centuries Ukraine's neighbors considered that this country has too many Ukrainians in it. Ukrainians deserve gratitude for the fact that they managed to survive.

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Have you ever head about Cossacks? Very many people would think they know something about them. But for some reason you will never find two people whose conception about Cossacks would be the same.